B K Chaturvedi appointed Cabinet Secretary

In a surprise move Petroleum Secretary B K Chaturvedi has been appointed Cabinet Secretary.1966 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer Chaturvedi would succeed Kamal Pande.

Secretary level changes on cards

Secretary level changes in Government of India are on the cards .

R V Sahi to go ?

Grapevine has it that Secretary Power in Government of India R V Sahi is on his.way out.Posting of an IAS officer is now being considered a certainty

Raghunathan to be Chief Secretary of Delhi!

S Raghunathan is being tipped to be new Chief Secretary of Delhi Government.1968 batch IAS officer Raghunathan is currently Secretary Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development in Government of India.Shailja Chandra Chief Secretary of Delhi is retiring by this month end.

Satyavrat to join SSB

Satyavrat is joining the SSB as IG.He is 1976 batch IPS officer of Uttaranchal cadre.He is likely to be posted in Lucknow.

Borkar to be DGP of Karnataka !

S N Borkar is being tipped to be new DGP of Karnataka.1968 batch IPS officer Borkar would succeed 1966 batch IPS officer T Madiyal who is superannuating by this month end.

Tripathi to be Ambassador to Thailand

Surya Kanti Tripathi is being appointed Ambassador to Thailand.Suryakanti is currently Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Sandip Silas to be PS to Oscar Fernandes

Sandip Silas will be PS to Union Minister of State ,Statistics and Programme Implementation Oscar Fernandes. He is 1984 batch IRTS officer.

Seva Dass is back to Delhi police

DG Goa police Seva Dass is back to Delhi.He is 1973 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

Bhatnagar to be OSD Jails in Punjab !

Grapevine has it that retired 1968 batch IPS officer A P Bhatnagar is being appointed OSD jails in Punjab.

Cairae is no longer in HRD Ministry

Commissioner Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan H M Cairae is returing to the parent Assam-Meghalaya cadre.1978 batch IAS officer Cairae is no longer Commissioner.

Katna is new DGP Arunachal Pradesh

U K Katna has been appointed DGP of Arunachal Pradesh. He is 1974 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.
(We said this on June 7)

Meena is IG Pondicherry

P R Meena will be new IGP ,Pondicherry. He is 1980 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.He would replace U K Katna.

Poornalingam to be Secretary Textiles ?

R Poornalingam is likely to be appointed Secretary Textiles in Government of India. He is 1970 batch IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre..

Ashish Kumar Singh to join PMO

Ashish Kumar Singh is being appointed Director in the Prime Minister's Office. He is 1988 batch IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre.

Meena to be PS to R P Singh

Amrit Lal Meena is being appointed PS to Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. He is 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

IAS changes in Maharashtra

Sanjay Kumar (1984 IAS) has been posted as Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad . He has handed over charge of Municipal Commissioner Pune to Mr Nitin Karee (1888 IAS). Shyamala Shukla (1990 IAS) has been tranferred from Municipal Commissioner of Amaravati Corporation as Associate Professor in YASADA at Pune.Mahesh Shukla (1990 IAS) has been transferred from the post of Additional Commissioner Amaravati to Commissioner (Animal Husbandry) at Pune.

IAS changes in Uttar Pradesh

Piyush Goyal will be new DM of Rai Barelley.Markendeya Singh will be DM Barabanki.Hari Om and Sanjay Prasad will be DMs of Fatehpur and Faizabad respectively.Deepak Kumar has been made Staff Officer to the APC.

IAS officer arrested in Rajasthan

Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested 1985 batch IAS officer Ravi Shankar Shrivastava in Rajasthan.

Shyam Sharan appointed Foreign Secretary

Shyam Sharan has been appointed new Foreign Secretary.1970 batch IFS officer Sharan would succeed Shashank Gupta on August 1.

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Aaj Ki Awaz

Seems Congress is testing the waters for Sonia…….first they said that she had the right to call Government Files. Now after the Opposition's outcry and the tongue in cheek response by the Commies, Congress has backtracked and now they say that they meant that she could call for notes from the Ministries on programme implementation as per the CMP.

Congress Ministers are already reporting to her on a daily basis...in fact a daily roll call is being maintained by Sonia's Kitchen Cabinet….electronic card attendance punch in machine has been ordered and will be installed shortly. Seems her Office will also be running up a pretty hefty refreshment Bill…..ala Najma Apaa. However, the instructions for consumption are ….no slurping or using saucers and no talking while eating.

Manmohan may address the Nation on the tainted Ministers issue. He will say that there has to be a continuance of Governance and as there were tainted Ministers in the previous Government he is following suit. In fact Manmohan may go a step further and demand a reservation for Tainted Politicians.

There is the possibility that in all probability there may be a tainted Governor!!!! An elderly Congressman has been making noises and needs to be placated. He and Laloo have quite a lot in common!!!!!

The Kargil Clearence Certificate for George was issued by Pranab Da. Language of the Clearence Certificate is suspect. George has thanked the Spiders for clearing what he terms as cobwebs and he says these were spun in the last four days!!!!! Seems some plain speaking by someone did the job or was it the Common Spiders vs. The Tarantula!!!!

Rahul Gandhi now says that what he actually said was in response to the complaints he got on the Power situation in UP. He says that he said that this was something that an ordinary MP would not be able to tackle and for the Power situation to change the Government in UP had to change !!!!! Short Circuit Mulayam and connect to Congress?????

Laloo has vacated his Madhepura Seat…….re-election and Sharad Yadav will romp home. Not that Laloo is worried……but they say Paswan is not amused as he feels that Laloo is giving Sharad a chance to enter Lok Sabha!!!! Paswan should realise that in Politics there are no permanent friends or enemies…….his own case is a glaring example!!!!

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Kewal Singh to go Arunachal Pradesh

Kewal Singh has been moved to Arunachal Pradesh. He is 1989 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.1997 batch IPS officer Sagar Preet is now back to Delhi from Arunachal Pradesh.

Prasad is back to Delhi

Lingala Vijay Prasad is back to Delhi from Lakshadeep. He is 1997 batch IPS officer of UT cadre.

S K Mishra appointed Chairman of Chhattisgarh ERA

Chhattisgarh Chief Secretary S K Mishra has been appointed Chairman of the Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Authority. He is 1968 batch IAS officer.
( we said this on June 7)

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Is Thakral highest paid GM in the country ?

Is Tarun Thakral General Manager of Hotel Meridian ,New Delhi highest paid GM in the country ?His monthly salary is reported to be 3 Lakh .

M N Prasad is Chairman REC

M N Prasad has been appointed Chairman of the Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd..He is 1972 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre.

Shadial to join ITC Hotel,Chennai

Jehangir Shadial is joining the ITC run Hotel Park Shereton,Chennai as General Manager. Earlier he was in Mumbai.